Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

"For you, for Lani!" Facing Lani's question, I responded loudly without blushing or breathing heavily, and even deliberately played a pun.

Lani was slightly stunned. Obviously, she didn't expect me to answer like this. Her eyes began to dodge and her voice trembled: "Wait, wait a moment..."

I thought the other party didn’t hear me clearly, so I raised my voice and even hummed a little tune: “For Lani, I went through so much time; for Lani, I was able to get here! For Lani…”

"So, I told you to wait a moment!"

boom--

A burst of blue light burst out in the room. The powerful shock wave was like an overwhelming wave, which instantly pushed me out of the door without any preparation and almost made me fall off the tower!

Fortunately, I grabbed the door frame in time, and then I fell down in a second: "I'm sorry, I got too carried away."

“...” Lani was silent for a moment, as if she took a few deep breaths, and adjusted herself back to the dignified appearance of a princess. “Raise your head, Faded One. I am also wrong. But when did you know my name?”

His deep eyes were filled with vigilance.

But of course I couldn't tell her everything in the game, so I made up an excuse: "Uh... To be honest, a face that summons strange death appeared in the city of Stonewell. When I was assisting in the investigation, I followed the clues and found that night, the 'Night of the Black Knife Conspiracy', so I learned about the youngest daughter of the Kalia royal family, the Dark Moon Princess Ranee."

“I see.” Lani seemed to understand my intention and admitted generously, “Yes, I am the witch Lani. I once stole some runes and transformed them into black swords for killing gods through rituals. I have done these things. But...if you are here for the curse mark, I can only..."

"Hmm? Ah, sorry, I didn't make it clear." I interrupted him, straightened my clothes, saluted to Lani, and said, "Princess Dark Moon, Your Highness Lani, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Zero. I came to Kalia Castle this time to negotiate peace and alliance with you and discuss the fate of the sealed Kalia royal family."

"Oh~" Lani's voice was a little surprised, "You mean, you want to do something for me?"

"Well, to put it simply, that's it." I also admitted generously.

Lani once again looked at me carefully, but her eyes did not let down her guard at all. Instead, she said coldly, "Is this your personal opinion, or hers, the Faded One named Zero?"

"Huh?" I was slightly stunned.

——That’s not the case in the plot.

——Obviously, if I agreed, Lani would say something like a tsundere middle school student, saying that she was exploring a path deep into darkness and was destined to betray and give up everything. If A-tai still didn't mind, she would happily acknowledge us.

——And who is she? Now, why...?

Before I could figure out what went wrong, Lani snorted coldly: "...Although I don't hate people with ulterior motives, I, the witch Lani, am not so stupid as to accept people with bad intentions just because of a few nice words. Come out, witch!"

Following Lani's shout, a faint blue glow fragment floated into my peripheral vision and condensed into the shape of a person.

It's Melina!

Did Lani actually sense Melina, who even I couldn't sense? Did she discover Meimei's existence when she used magic to push me away?

Moreover, Lani seemed to regard Melina as the finger witch under the control of Two Fingers, and she was willing to destroy her own body in order to get rid of the control of Two Fingers over her destiny.

No wonder such strong hostility is revealed.

"Wait..." I was about to explain.

Melina had already bowed respectfully to Lani and explained in person: "Nice to meet you, Princess of the Dark Moon of Kalia. My name is Melina. I am just a traveler accompanying Master Ling as promised... Coming here was Master Ling's own idea. I will not interfere with any of his decisions, so please don't misunderstand me."

"You... have a familiar feeling on you, cold and dangerous." Lani stared at Melina, "Who are you?"

Melina did not immediately answer Lani's suspicion.

But there seemed to be gunpowder powder floating in the silent atmosphere. Even if just a spark was ignited, it would probably blow the tower up.

——You two, stop arguing, you are all my wings!

Being stuck in the middle, I had to speak carefully: "Well, that, Lani, ever since I entered the border area, Melina has been traveling with me and has helped me a lot. She is an invaluable partner... I can guarantee that no matter what kind of power she has, she will not harm others... Besides, she is not a finger witch, so she will definitely not expose your affairs and bring danger to the Kalia royal family... By the way, Torret! The Torret you are familiar with is the one Melina gave to me, and Torret likes her very much, too!"

"Really... Since she's yours, I shouldn't say anything more." Perhaps because we talked about Torret, Lani's vigilant eyes finally moved away from Melina and she returned to our previous topic, "... And if you really want to, I will allow you to do something for me, Zero."

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

——I didn’t expect that he would be saved by Torret. He is the heartthrob of the border area!

——Also, I never thought that Meimei would have a conflict with Lani.

——Speaking of which, Lani is the daughter of the "Full Moon Queen" Renara, and Melina has a close relationship with the "Eternal Queen" Marika. Should we say this is a bad fate, or is it their destiny to meet each other?

"Well, if you don't mind, Zero, I have something to assign to you right now." Lani seemed to have completely ignored Melina and continued to talk to me, "There is a half-wolf warrior named Blaze who is also working for me..."

"Brother Wolf, right? I know him, I know him." I quickly took over the topic, "He is looking for a way to enter the 'Eternal City' Noklongen?"

"Oh, have you met him already?"

"Well, I helped him find the traitor, and this hound tusk was given to me by Brother Wolf." When I mentioned Darevier, the face of Lani's spirit seemed to turn away slightly, revealing a trace of helplessness, so I quickly changed the subject, "By the way, I've also met Iggy. I heard that there is also a magician named Servais who is working for you?"

"Did that big mouth Blaze tell you?" Lani shook her head and sighed.

Oops, I accidentally said too much.

——Sorry, Brother Wolf, you have to take the blame for this.

Lani also continued: "Now that you know everything, I hope you can cooperate with Blaze to go to Noklongn and find the secret treasure inside."

"Uh... To be honest, Lani, you can't find a way to enter the Eternal City now. Because the stars that symbolize your destiny have stopped moving." Lani's expression didn't change at all, so I continued, "And the person who sealed your fate, I guess, might be your brother, 'Star Crusher' Latan. In order to save the magic circle Ceria from a meteor, he used magic to seal the stars, and your destiny has stagnated from then on."

After listening to my speculation, Lani sighed somewhat lonely and said softly: "Sure enough, do you think so too? Zero."

--also?

-Oh, I forgot, Lani herself is also a very talented magician. Perhaps, she had already read her own destiny from the stars.

Lani raised her head and looked in the direction of Gaileed from the window of the magician tower: "...I heard that the Red Lion City of Jeremiah is preparing to hold a battle festival for him, right?"

"Yeah." I nodded.

"The current Latan is no longer the brave and incomparable brother. He is even a little silly." She seemed to be talking to herself and made up her mind. "In this case, Zero, please go to the festival with Blaze and fight the last battle for the warrior Latan."

"Although, I originally had this plan..." I paused and said to Lani with a smile, "However, I didn't come here just to tell you this, but to discuss the possibility of saving your brother."